From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_NONE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, NICE_REPLY_A,PLING_QUERY autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from pacman.mweb.co.za (pacman.mweb.co.za [196.2.45.77]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7DFCAC390 for ; Mon, 20 May 2002 16:12:37 -0500 (CDT) Received: from cpt-dial-196-30-180-238.mweb.co.za ([196.30.180.238] helo=nosferatu.lan) by pacman.mweb.co.za with esmtp (Exim 4.01) id 179sVn-0000y5-00 for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Mon, 20 May 2002 21:08:03 +0200 Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Mesa >=3.5 masked!? From: Martin Schlemmer To: Gentoo-Dev In-Reply-To: <20020520142936.E8474@localhost> References: <20020520142936.E8474@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.5 Date: 20 May 2002 23:14:31 +0200 Message-Id: <1021929278.6483.117.camel@nosferatu.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: 73028407-bcf2-419e-88b9-b4050cb1a8ca X-Archives-Hash: 21dbe91a728fb4031bdb916e66d16f38 On Mon, 2002-05-20 at 15:29, Jos=E9 Fonseca wrote: > I don't see how the first comment can be true as Mesa is an implementatio= n=20 > of the OpenGL standard which, besides of source compatibility, also has=20 > binary compatibility within a platform. Mesa releases notes also don't=20 > mention nothing like that. >=20 > Regarding the second comment I found the referring bug number 245. It say= s=20 > that NVIDIA can't use the SGI libGLU.la 1.3 included in Mesa >=3D3.5. If = so=20 > then why is the same SGI libGLU 1.3 available trhu the sgi-oss-glu ebuild= ?=20 > Stranger is that the "Nvidia OpenGL Configuration mini-HOWTO"=20 > (http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/Nvidia-OpenGL-Configuration/) uses Mesa=20 > 4.0.1 in the tutorial, but on the other hand the author does state that=20 > "not had time to test all the procedures"... >=20 > So it seems that there is quite a bit of misunderstanding. Is it mine or=20 > should I fill in a bug report? >=20 Point is ... experience shows that those included with xfree works 99% of the time, if not 100%. If you want to use 4.0.1, go for it ... you just get to keep the pieces. --=20 Martin Schlemmer Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop Team Developer Cape Town, South Africa